Badih v. Myers

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a woman terminated because of pregnancy could maintain cause of action for wrongful discharge in contravention of public policy because § 8 prohibits pregnancy discrimination
• holding that a woman terminated because of pregnancy could maintain cause of action for wrongful discharge in contravention of public policy because § 8 prohibits pregnancy discrimination
• holding that common-law action for discharge on the basis of pregnancy may be maintained against small employer because such a discharge contravenes the fundamental public policy found in state constitutional article providing that “(a
• allowing Plaintiff to maintain claim for wrongful 9 discharge in violation of public policy because article 1, section 8 of the California Constitution 10 “expresses a fundamental public policy against sex discrimination in employment”
• “Since article I, section 8 [of the 2 California Constitution] expresses a fundamental public policy against sex discrimination in 3 employment . . . [a plaintiff] was properly allowed to maintain her cause of action for wrongful 4 discharge in contravention of public policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).